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The cost of climate policy uncertainty | Frank Wolakhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/05/green-economy-green-jobs
Even a modest price for carbon would encourage investment in green jobs and reduce dependency on foreign oil imports<p>Any mention of climate policy was noticeably missing from President Obama's recent state of the union address. This is unfortunate because every day of inaction on climate policy by the United States government is another day that American consumers must pay substantially higher prices for products derived from crude oil, such as gasoline and diesel fuel. Moreover, a substantial fraction of the revenues from these higher prices goes to governments of countries that the US would prefer not to support. </p><p>So, what is the cost of a single day of delay? US crude oil consumption is approximately 20m barrels per day and roughly 12m barrels per day are imported. An oil price that, because of climate policy uncertainty, is $20 a barrel higher than it would otherwise have been implies that US consumers pay $400m per day more, of which $240m per day is paid to foreign oil producers. Dividing these figures by the United States population implies that every US citizen is paying about $1 per day more for oil – and more than half of that may be going to an unfriendly foreign government.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/05/green-economy-green-jobs">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentGreen economyGreen jobsEnergy industryEnergyOilCoalTar sandsBusinessUS newsUS domestic policyObama administrationState of the Union addressGreenhouse gas emissionsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Emissions tradingSat, 05 Feb 2011 16:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/05/green-economy-green-jobsMurdo Macleod/ObserverThe carbon capture unit at a power station. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the ObserverMurdo Macleod/ObserverThe carbon capture unit at Longannet power station. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the ObserverFrank Wolak2011-02-05T16:00:01ZFunding cuts will finish Britain's clean energy race | Chris Goodallhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2010/jul/19/funding-cuts-low-carbon-technologies
The UK is losing out to countries with poorer natural resources but greater willingness to invest<p>In the 1970s the UK invested about 0.15% of GDP each year in research and development (R&amp;D) into providing cheaper and cleaner energy. Britain was putting more public money into nuclear power and other new sources of electricity than almost any other economy.</p><p>From the mid-1980s the amount invested each year has fallen almost continuously. The figure today is about 0.01%, one 15th of what it was a generation ago. We now sit at the bottom of the international league. The US, for example, spends three times as much as a percentage of its GDP, Japan nine times as much.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2010/jul/19/funding-cuts-low-carbon-technologies">Continue reading...</a>Climate changeGreenhouse gas emissionsGreen jobsGreen economyRenewable energyWind powerWave and tidal powerSmart metersEnergy efficiencyEnvironmentEnergyTechnologyUK newsPoliticsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Electric, hybrid and low-emission carsMon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35:40 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2010/jul/19/funding-cuts-low-carbon-technologiesGAUTAM SINGH/APA wind turbine factory. The government has cut £34m from low-carbon technology programmes for offshore wind, wood fuels, building insulation and geothermal energy. Photograph: Gautam Singh/APGAUTAM SINGH/APA worker carries a component of a wind turbine at the Suzlon factory at Khori in the western Indian state of Maharashtra Photograph: GAUTAM SINGH/APChris Goodall2010-07-19T14:35:40ZNew climate solutions could heal the rift over Copenhagen | Myles Allenhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2010/may/24/climate-solutions-copenhagen-coalition
Will the new prime minister, David Cameron, open the floor to new proposals – such as mandatory carbon sequestration?<p></p><p>One of the first issues David Cameron highlighted on which he agreed with Nick Clegg was climate change. Was this because they could both say &quot;I agree with Ed&quot;? I hope not. Not that I have anything against Ed Miliband, one of the brightest stars of the outgoing cabinet, but he inherited a climate policy dating all the way back to John Prescott that amounted to &quot;Copenhagen or bust&quot;. The result, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/18/copenhagen-deal" title="">as you will recall from last December</a>, was bust.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2010/may/24/climate-solutions-copenhagen-coalition">Continue reading...</a>Climate changeCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Fossil fuelsCopenhagen climate change conference 2009Carbon offsettingGreenhouse gas emissionsEnvironmentLiberal-Conservative coalitionDavid CameronPoliticsEuropean commissionScienceClimate changeMon, 24 May 2010 15:49:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2010/may/24/climate-solutions-copenhagen-coalitionSaul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images'Plenty of ideas out there' ... smoke billows from a 'clean coal' plant in West Virginia that uses carbon sequestration technology to capture CO2. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesSaul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke billows from a so-called 'clean coal' plant in West Virginia that uses carbon sequestration technology to capture and store CO2 underground. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesMyles Allen2010-05-24T15:49:26ZResponse: Massive capacity for CO2 storage exists in the UKhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/may/04/carbon-capture-storage-uk-environment
We are sure that carbon capture and storage can stall the effects of climate change<p>Your article reported Houston University research which claims that &quot;governments wanting to use carbon capture and storage have overestimated its value&quot; (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/25/research-viabilty-carbon-capture-storage" title="">US paper raises doubts over viability of carbon capture</a>, 26 April).</p><p>The carbon dioxide storage method injects the gas into the microscopic pores of reservoir sediments below 800&nbsp;metres underground, in order to reduce atmospheric levels of this greenhouse gas. Scientists internationally are attempting to evaluate it. The argument you report is derived from a notorious pair of articles by Michael Economides and Christine Ehlig-Economides.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/may/04/carbon-capture-storage-uk-environment">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentClimate changeCarbon capture and storage (CCS)GeologyClimate changeScienceMon, 03 May 2010 23:05:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/may/04/carbon-capture-storage-uk-environmentStuart Haszeldine and Martin Blunt2010-05-03T23:05:05ZNot the great green rip-off, by George | Alan Simpsonhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/05/solar-panel-feed-in-tariff-benefits
Monbiot has got it wrong: feed-in tariffs are not a waste of money. They work – just look at the German renewables industry<p>Thank goodness <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/03/solar-panel-workable-future" title="">Jeremy Leggett</a> stepped in to correct some of the inaccuracies in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/01/solar-panel-feed-in-tariff" title="">George Monbiot's piece</a>. The errors, however, are even more extensive than Jeremy highlighted.</p><p>It isn't often that Monbiot manages to get the politics, the details and the practicalities of an argument all wrong at the same time. He managed to do so, however, in his attack on the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/feed-in-tariffs" title="Guardian: feed-in tariffs">government's feed-in tariffs</a> proposals for renewable energy.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/05/solar-panel-feed-in-tariff-benefits">Continue reading...</a>Feed-in tariffsSolar powerGreenhouse gas emissionsEnergyEnergy efficiencyEnvironmentWind powerCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Carbon offsettingNuclear powerMoneyEnergy billsBusinessEnergy industryTechnologyEnergyWorld newsGermanyUK newsEuropeFri, 05 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/05/solar-panel-feed-in-tariff-benefitsJohn Curtis/Rex FeaturesSolar panels newly installed on the roof of a residential house. Photograph: John Curtis/Rex FeaturesJohn Curtis/Rex FeaturesSolar panels newly installed on the roof of a residential house. Photograph: John Curtis/Rex FeaturesAlan Simpson2010-03-05T19:00:00ZCoal emissions: the burning issue | Tim Yeohttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/24/emissions-standard-energy-bill-tim-yeo
Unless the energy bill mandates tighter emissions standards for coal-fired power stations, the UK will miss its carbon-cut targets<p><strong>Update: Thursday, 25 February</strong><br /><em>Wednesday's vote on the Energy bill was a close-run thing: the tabled amendment, which would have introduced an emissions performance standard to limit carbon emissions from power stations and encourage energy companies to invest in cleaner electricity generation, <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jyP_fgaR8g6fKLtwF7cmpFbwMP9g">was narrowly defeated</a> – by just eight votes. Unfortunately, this could have serious implications for the UK's success in cutting climate-changing emissions, jeopardising efforts to meet our carbon budget.</em></p><p>The future of coal-fired power stations is a burning issue. The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/24/tory-mps-green-image-abstain" title="Guardian: Tory MPs threaten to send green image up in smoke with emissions vote">outcome of Wednesday's vote on emissions performance standards in the energy bill</a> could have serious implications for our success in cutting climate-changing emissions, because Britain cannot meet its carbon budgets in the long term if it allows the prolonged operation of unabated coal-fired power stations.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/24/emissions-standard-energy-bill-tim-yeo">Continue reading...</a>CoalCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Greenhouse gas emissionsEmissions tradingEnvironmentGreen politicsPoliticsUK newsEnergyPollutionEnergy industryEnergyTechnologyWed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/24/emissions-standard-energy-bill-tim-yeoPhil Noble/ReutersFired up: Fiddlers Ferry coal-fired power station near Liverpool, England. Photograph: Phil Noble/ReutersPhil Noble/ReutersFiddlers Ferry coal fired power station near Liverpool, England Photograph: Phil Noble/ReutersTim Yeo2010-02-24T18:00:01ZA light green pre-budget report | Stephen Tindalehttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/10/green-taxes-trident-pre-budget-report
Taxing labour rather than pollution makes no sense – the chancellor should have raised green taxes and scrapped Trident<p>The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/09/pre-budget-report-key-points" title="Guardian: Pre-budget report 2009: the main points">pre-budget report</a> included some good climate measures, but nothing dramatic. It failed to increase green taxes, and instead increased national insurance contributions, which will make job creation more expensive and is a foolish move at a time of such high unemployment. And it made no mention of the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/trident" title="Guardian: Trident">expansion of Trident</a>, which will cost at least &pound;72bn and deliver no obvious security benefits. This money should be spent instead on the low-carbon transition.</p><p>The chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced a new <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/09/boiler-scrappage-carbon-capture-storage" title="Guardian: Chancellor announces boiler scrappage scheme">scrappage scheme</a> to help up to 125,000 homes replace inefficient boilers. This is sensible and welcome. He also announced a doubling of government finance for carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/10/green-taxes-trident-pre-budget-report">Continue reading...</a>Pre-budget reportGreen politicsTridentNuclear powerNuclear weaponsEconomic policyRenewable energyCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Greenhouse gas emissionsCarbon footprintsTax and spendingTaxClimate changeEnvironmentUK newsPoliticsWorld newsMoneyPre-budget report 2009Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/10/green-taxes-trident-pre-budget-reportGettyAlistair Darling's red box. Photograph: Getty ImagesStephen Tindale2009-12-10T12:30:00ZResponse: Canada doesn't deserve this criticism of its green recordhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/04/canada-commitment-fight-climate-change
We're committed to fighting climate change, and are responsibly managing our oil sands<p>In response to George Monbiot's commentary, I would like to assure your readers that Canada remains steadfast in its commitment to fight climate change (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/nov/30/canada-tar-sands-copenhagen-climate-deal" title="Canada's image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling">Canada's image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling</a>, 30 November). The government of Canada remains committed to achieving deep, economy-wide reductions in Canada's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. All sectors will contribute to emission reductions, including the oil sands, which today account for approximately 5% of Canada's GHG emissions. The Canadian government, along with provincial governments, and industry, is committed to managing this key strategic resource in an environmentally responsible way. This includes developing a progressive regulatory regime, investing in new environmental technologies (including $3.5bn for carbon capture and storage) and engaging our partners in the international community.</p><p>Canada's emission reduction targets are in line, and will remain aligned, with those recently proposed by the Obama administration. Canada is committed to a harmonised North American approach. This approach is being advanced in several areas, including: the Canada-US <a href="http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&amp;n=BDE8CD02-0" title="Clean Energy Dialogue">Clean Energy Dialogue</a>; collaboration with the provinces and territories to develop a continental cap-and-trade system; and implementing a North American standard for GHG emissions and fuel economy from passenger vehicles.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/04/canada-commitment-fight-climate-change">Continue reading...</a>CanadaWorld newsCopenhagen climate change conference 2009Greenhouse gas emissionsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Carbon footprintsClimate changeKyoto protocolOilOilOil and gas companiesBusinessGlobal climate talksAmericasFri, 04 Dec 2009 00:05:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/04/canada-commitment-fight-climate-changeGeorge Rose/Getty ImagesA forest of fir trees in Jasper National Park, Canada. Photograph: George Rose/Getty ImagesJim Prentice2009-12-04T00:05:45ZEnough posturing politics. Time to let the experts lead | Jeffrey Sachshttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/02/copenhagen-climate-change-science
Copenhagen must mark the end of politician-dominated negotiation. The technical stuff has to come out of the shadows<p>We can only marvel at the disarray. Here we are, 17 years after the signing of the <a href="http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/2627.php" title="UN: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ">UN framework convention on climate change</a>, two years after the <a href="http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php" title="UN: The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali">decision in Bali</a> to agree a new climate policy, one year after Barack Obama's election, and days out from the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/copenhagen" title="Guardian: Copenhagen conference">Copenhagen conference</a>. Yet a real global strategy to avoid catastrophe remains elusive.</p><p>Yes, there is some progress. The Obama administration has now offered <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-attend-copenhagen-climate-talks" title="The White House: Administration Announces US Emission Target for Copenhagen">a 2020 and 2050 target on emissions reduction</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/nov/26/us-china-targets-mean" title="Guardian: What do the US and China's emissions targets actually mean?">China</a> and <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-for-emission-reduction-target-with-equitable-burden-sharing/articleshow/5278476.cms" title="Times of India: India ready for emission cuts but with conditions: PM">India</a> have stepped forward with commitments to slow the rise of emissions, and Mexico has tabled creative proposals for climate financing. New technologies offer the possibility of low-cost abatement of greenhouse gas emissions. Through the fog of policy speeches, international meetings and domestic debates, one can begin to see a path to a low-carbon economy.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/02/copenhagen-climate-change-science">Continue reading...</a>Copenhagen climate change conference 2009EnvironmentWorld newsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Emissions tradingClimate changeClimate changeCarbon footprintsCarbon offsettingGreenhouse gas emissionsBarack ObamaGlobal climate talksWed, 02 Dec 2009 21:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/02/copenhagen-climate-change-scienceBryony Worthington"Our climate, not your business" - a graffitied sign at a carbon trading conference in March 2009, Carbon Market Insights Conference Photograph: Bryony WorthingtonJeffrey Sachs2009-12-02T21:00:01ZEnergy bill generates weak signal | Queen's speech | James Randersonhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/nov/18/queens-speech-energy-bill
With Copenhagen just days away the ragtag bill in the Queen's speech failed to send the message the green sector needs<p>The political chatter ahead of the Queen's speech was all about Labour using its final throw of the legislative dice to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/17/queens-speech-tories-lord-strathclyde" title="draw clear battle lines with the Tories">draw clear battle lines with the Tories</a>. If that is the case elsewhere in the bills announced today, there is precious little electioneering in the government's most important environmental legislation – <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/18/energy-bill-queens-speech" title="the energy bill">the energy bill</a>.</p><p>For a start there are few surprises. This is a hoovering exercise: a move to round up policies already announced and get them on the statute book before the election. First, there is the formalisation and extension of an existing voluntary agreement with energy companies to provide energy bill rebates to their poorest customers. This will not require any public money because the funding comes from the companies themselves (&pound;150m has already been committed for 2010/11).</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/nov/18/queens-speech-energy-bill">Continue reading...</a>UK newsQueen's speechPoliticsEnergyClimate changeEnergy billsEnergy efficiencyEnergyCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Greenhouse gas emissionsCarbon offsettingEnvironmentQueen's speech 2009Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:30:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/nov/18/queens-speech-energy-billPAQueen Elizabeth II reads out the Queen's Speech at the House of Lords, during the State Opening of Parliament Photograph: PAJames Randerson2009-11-18T19:30:01ZGreenwash: Gordon Brown's green spin on carbon capture | Fred Pearcehttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/05/carbon-capture
UK ministers talk up the carbon capture research programme as if it were already an available technology<p>Gordon Brown is keen to take the high ground on climate change, in the run-up to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/copenhagen" title="Copenhagen climate conference">Copenhagen climate conference</a>. Witness his <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/30/europe-climate-aid" title="eagerness to claim success">eagerness to claim success</a> when European heads of state discussed setting up a climate fund for developing countries last week.</p><p>But is it greenwash? Or, since we are now in the world of politics, is it green spin?</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/05/carbon-capture">Continue reading...</a>Corporate social responsibilityEnvironmentBusinessCarbon capture and storage (CCS)EnergyTechnologyClimate changeCoalFossil fuelsGreenhouse gas emissionsPoliticsGordon BrownThu, 05 Nov 2009 07:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/05/carbon-captureDavid Sillitoe/GuardianE.on's coal-fired Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. Photograph: David Sillitoe/GuardianDavid Sillitoe/GuardianE.on's coal-fired Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. Photograph: David Sillitoe/GuardianFred Pearce2009-11-05T07:00:02ZThe world's future is being decided this weekend | Nicholas Sternhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/oct/18/nicholas-stern-carbon-emission
We must agree to halt deforestation and curtail air travel now if the Copenhagen summit is to succeed<p>Energy and environment ministers from the world's major economies are meeting in London today to try to accelerate crucial negotiations over an international treaty on climate change.</p><p>Strong progress has been made in the past few weeks, with Japan, for example, announcing that it will cut its emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 25% by 2020 relative to levels in 1990.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/oct/18/nicholas-stern-carbon-emission">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentClimate changeClimate change scepticismCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Greenhouse gas emissionsCarbon footprintsWorld newsIndiaChinaAsia PacificSat, 17 Oct 2009 23:20:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/oct/18/nicholas-stern-carbon-emissionNicholas Stern2009-10-17T23:20:12ZWithout Kingsnorth, we have an energy opportunity | Catherine Mitchellhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-eon-opportunity-miliband
Ed Miliband may not be able to help fund a new coal-fired power station, but now he can focus on low-carbon solutions elsewhere<p>Far from being a disaster for Ed Miliband, climate change and energy secretary, the decision by E.ON to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-eon-pulls-out-plan" title="Guardian: Siege of Kingsnorth declared over as E.ON pulls out of plan for coal power plant">shelve its plans for a giant coal-fired power station</a> at Kingsnorth in Kent, may in fact present a golden opportunity to put in place a truly effective coal policy.</p><p>Put bluntly, Miliband simply does not have the money to pay power companies to build the carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipment he has demanded to trap and bury some of the emissions from the new plant. The technology is unproven at this scale and would be very expensive. For its part, E.ON simply faces far too many uncertainties to plough billions into a new power station with any confidence.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-eon-opportunity-miliband">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentKingsnorthFossil fuelsClimate changeEnergyEnergyCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Green politicsPoliticsTechnologyThu, 08 Oct 2009 14:35:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-eon-opportunity-milibandMurdo Macleod/Murdo MacleodScottishPower's Longannet power station at Kincardine, Fife. Copyright: Murdo Macleod Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Murdo MacleodCatherine Mitchell2009-10-08T14:35:00ZKingsnorth climbdown is the British climate movement's biggest victory | Ben Stewarthttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-climbdown-british-climate-movement
Little did I know, as I climbed the smokestack at Kingsnorth, that two years later we'd be celebrating this breakthrough<p>They say good things come in threes.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-climbdown-british-climate-movement">Continue reading...</a>KingsnorthActivismClimate CampClimate changeFossil fuelsCoalCarbon capture and storage (CCS)EnergyEnvironmentGreenpeaceProtestWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2009 12:18:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-climbdown-british-climate-movementPRGreenpeace activists stand at the top of the Kingsnorth power plant. Photograph: GreenpeacePRGreenpeace activists stand on top of the Kingsnorth coal plant. Photograph: GreenpeaceBen Stewart2009-10-08T12:18:24ZThe real Kingsnorth victory has been to give coal a black name | Bryony Worthingtonhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-victory-coal
E.ON's shelving of plans for Kingsnorth is a victory of sorts, but the real triumph is how the campaign used public anger to turn politicians against coal<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/07/eon-cancels-kingsnorth-power-station" title="E.ON's decision to put plans for a new coal fired power station on ice">E.ON's decision to scuttle its plans for a new coal-fired power station</a> is sensible, and a victory for the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-activists-protest" title="lobbying groups who have been targeting them">lobbying groups who have been targeting it</a>. One can only imagine the divisions this issue must have created within the company. The marketing and public affairs side of the business will have been anxious to limit the damage to their brand, with the generating and trading sides extremely frustrated that the logic of the situation – that they were replacing one filthy, inefficient station with a much more efficient, sensibly located one – was cutting no ice in the debate.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-victory-coal">Continue reading...</a>KingsnorthActivismClimate CampClimate changeFossil fuelsCoalCarbon capture and storage (CCS)EnergyEnvironmentThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:19:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/08/kingsnorth-victory-coalGareth Fuller/PAFilthy and inefficient … the present Kingsnorth power station in Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAGareth Fuller/PAKingsnorth power station in Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PABryony Worthington2009-10-08T11:19:12ZIt's too late to seal a global climate deal. But we need action, not Kyoto II | Jeffrey Sachshttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/29/copenhagen-kyoto-carbon-capture-nuclear
Climate is too complex an issue to get in one gulp. If Copenhagen can pave the way for practical steps, an&nbsp;agreement can wait<p>The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> climate-change negotiations are 10 weeks off, and time has run out to reach a detailed international agreement. Yet failure to reach a comprehensive agreement need not be a cataclysm, if the US, Europe, China, India and a few others take some important practical steps while a new protocol continues to be negotiated.</p><p>The UN summit on climate change last week, followed by the Pittsburgh G20, made clear the broad global consensus on the seriousness of the climate crisis, and the need to act. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon skilfully brought the parties together to acknowledge their shared responsibilities. There was enough practical talk to give shape to a meaningful partial accord in Copenhagen, with substantive content to move the world forward.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/29/copenhagen-kyoto-carbon-capture-nuclear">Continue reading...</a>Copenhagen climate change conference 2009EnvironmentClimate changeGreen buildingGreen politicsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Greenhouse gas emissionsWorld newsUS newsAid and developmentGlobal climate talksGlobal developmentPoliticsTue, 29 Sep 2009 22:20:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/29/copenhagen-kyoto-carbon-capture-nuclearPRThe Renault Kangoo Be-Bop Z.E. electric car Photograph: PRJeffrey Sachs2009-09-29T22:20:00ZSuch drastic climate therapy could make things worse | James Lovelockhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/20/geoengineering-royal-society-earth
Better, perhaps, to let the earth look after itself than try to regulate its system through mirrors, clouds and artificial trees<p>The idea of serious scientists and engineers gathering to discuss schemes for controlling the world's climate would a mere 10 years ago have seemed bizarre, or something from science fiction. But now, well into the 21st century, we are slowly and reluctantly starting to realise that global heating is real. We may have cool, wet summers in the UK, but we are fortunate compared with the Inuit, who see their habitat melting, and Australians and Africans who suffer intensifying heat and drought. We should not be surprised that public policy is edging ever nearer to geoengineering, the therapy our scientists are considering for a fevered planet.</p><p>Our senior scientific society, the Royal Society, met at the start of the month to launch the report <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/01/geo-technology-testing" title="" geoengineering="" the="" climate""="">&quot;Geoengineering the Climate&quot;</a> and to hear from its representative scientists. The meeting was hosted by the president, Lord Rees, and the chairman was Professor John Shepherd, who chaired the study group. The goal, as Prof Shepherd <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/carbon-capture-storage-geoengineering-climate" title="John Shepherd: The climate engineers">explained</a> in the Guardian in April, was to investigate theories of &quot;intervening directly to engineer the climate system, so as to moderate the rise of temperature&quot; and to &quot;separate the real science from the science fiction&quot;.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/20/geoengineering-royal-society-earth">Continue reading...</a>Climate changeClimate changeGreenhouse gas emissionsGeoengineeringCarbon capture and storage (CCS)EnvironmentSun, 20 Sep 2009 21:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/20/geoengineering-royal-society-earthJames Lovelock2009-09-20T21:00:01ZPutting people before profit | Alistair Alexanderhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/aug/25/climate-camp-financial-system
From tomorrow, Climate Camp will highlight how disastrous the financial system is for us all. We must rediscover the eco-system<p>At noon tomorrow thousands of activists will swoop on London for this summer's <a href="http://climatecamp.org.uk/" title="Climate Camp">Climate Camp</a>. Following the death of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/21/g20-policing-civil-liberties" title="Jenny Jones:G20 police: A death changes everything ">Ian Tomlinson</a> at G20 and subsequent outrage at the policing at Kingsnorth, we're assured we'll be greeted with <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/18/met-police-climate-camp-twitter" title="Gaurdian: Met police turns on charm ahead of climate protest">&quot;community-style&quot; policing</a>.</p><p>So then, no intimidation by using blanket stop-and-search powers to confiscate dangerous items, like string and soap; no psychological warfare of low-flying helicopters to disrupt sleep patterns; no midnight raids of overwhelming force to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/01/kingsnorth-power-station-climate-camp" title="Observer: Police 'over the top' at climate camp">confiscate board games</a>; and, presumably, no shock-and-awe <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/15/g20-protest-police-videos-catalogue" title="Guardian: G20 protest videos">baton and shield charges on protesters with their hands up</a>, chanting <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/g20-protest-climate-camp" title="liberty central: G20: The police ruined a peaceful protest">&quot;This is not a riot&quot;</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/aug/25/climate-camp-financial-system">Continue reading...</a>Climate CampClimate changeBusinessPoliceBankingBanks and building societiesCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Greenhouse gas emissionsCarbon footprintsActivismProtestEnvironmentUK newsEconomic policyPoliticsWorld newsTue, 25 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/aug/25/climate-camp-financial-systemAlistair Alexander2009-08-25T14:30:00ZTories would do more to cut carbon | Greg Clarkhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/jul/15/low-carbon-strategy-climate-change
The government's low-carbon strategy fails to break with the past and lacks the sense of urgency required to fight climate change<p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/15/government-low-carbon-plans" title="Guardian: Miliband reveals low-carbon strategy">published a white paper</a> setting out its plans between now and 2020.</p><p>This policy area is crucial for Britain; its consequences will affect our lives and those of future generations. But while it is important for the government to set out plans to deliver the goals we all share, the UK starts from a poor position.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/jul/15/low-carbon-strategy-climate-change">Continue reading...</a>ConservativesGreenhouse gas emissionsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)Renewable energyEnergyEnergy efficiencyEnergyEnvironmentTechnologyGreen politicsEd MilibandLabourPoliticsUK newsWed, 15 Jul 2009 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/jul/15/low-carbon-strategy-climate-changeGreg Clark2009-07-15T17:30:00ZThe dawn of carbon budgeting: now every tonne counts in government climate change strategyhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/14/carbon-budgeting-every-tonne
The government's new climate change strategy should mean greater emphasis on emissions savings rather than trading and shared responsibility<p></p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/14/carbon-budgeting-every-tonne">Continue reading...</a>Greenhouse gas emissionsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)WasteClimate changeCoalEnvironmentTue, 14 Jul 2009 15:22:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/14/carbon-budgeting-every-tonneBryony Worthington2009-07-14T15:22:01Z